v0.9.9.3 — New Wudang Sword Arts & Clearer Feedback

江湖一牌:无情武林 / Ace of Jianghu · published

New Wudang Sword Arts

  • Four new Sword Array Arts for Wudang: Clear Wind Chain Sword, Shenmen Thirteen Swords, Qi-Commanded Sword, and Taiyi Mystic Gate Sword.
  • Chain now caps at 5 stacks instead of 10, so it fills faster. Each accumulated Chain stack adds 2 damage to Sword Array attacks.

See What Just Happened


While watching playthroughs, we noticed it wasn't always clear what had just happened.

  • The cost number in each card's top-left corner now sits in a brush-painted circle — a suggestion from the Heybox comments.
  • When you lose an Art, the card face shows exactly which card was lost.
  • Simplify and the three other card-removal spots now all say "Remove one card from your deck."
  • Star Drain's name now also appears on screen at the moment of absorption.
  • Hover over Qi or Wound to see what they mean. Unspent Qi carries over to the next turn, up to 10. After you first gain a Wound, a one-time tip appears at the start of the next battle.
  • When choosing a Mind Art, the ones that suit your sect carry "Beginner" and "Recommended" seals. The screen that grants Arts matching your Mind Art has been redone.

Balance

  • Reduced healing from attacks at 3 stars for the Heavenly Demon Cult from 2 to 1. The Cult was noticeably easier than the other sects.
  • Asura Skyblade buffed: 56 damage, ignores Block and Dodge.
  • Nine Yin Classic effect increased to 1.5x.
  • Removed Ten Brocades' "−3 Qi next turn" drawback.

Fixes

  • Fixed Korean text appearing on some Chinese and English screens (Fortuitous Encounter and Relic cost selection) and a blank license page in the help.
  • Fixed recommended Mind Art seals not showing their tooltip on hover.
  • Fixed fighting the same enemy back to back, and some enemy sprites facing the wrong way or standing at the wrong height.

Coming in Early Access

  • New foes and bosses await in Nine Heavens, which opens at the Early Access launch. Leaderboards also reset at the Early Access launch (Preview records are kept separately).


Thanks to torreach on Bilibili and 我是陳小N on YouTube. This update includes improvements based on issues we noticed in their playthroughs.

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